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Hundreds of red-breasted mergansers have been affected by a bird flu outbreak on Chicago's Lake Michigan shoreline, raising ...

Dead birds have recently washed up on the Lake Michigan shoreline. Dead birds have washed up on the Lake Michigan shoreline. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources said the incident is likely ...

The Department of Natural Resources confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, was found in a merganser ...

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commonly known as bird flu.a Dead birds are lining the Lake Michigan shoreline in Chicago. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources said the incident is likely linked to the ongoing avian flu ...

Dozens of dead and sick birds are washing ashore on Lake Michigan beaches in Illinois and Wisconsin, suspected of having the bird flu, according to state officials.

The infected birds "present with tremors and little ability to move," said a local conservation group tracking the outbreak.

More than 40 dead ducks were found along the shore at Whihala Beach this week, some frozen into the ice shelf along Lake Michigan.